Sunday, December 5, 2010

A lesson...and my birthday!

The NF Endurance Challenge yesterday in Marin was definitely the most exciting race of my life. That was a level of competition at which I have never competed before and the result was a pretty spectacular explosion. I gave it everything I had and ran in the front for the first 38 miles, but just wasn't strong enough to keep going to the end. So it's somewhat disappointing, but overall I'm very pleased with the race and what I learned about myself and about competing. In the future I'll be better.

Expect a longer race report in the future. This is just a short teaser to the doubtless enthralling piece of literature chronicling yesterday's race that I'll be sure to post here sometime in the next few days. Today is my birthday, so I'm definitely not going out of my way to do any work. Instead, I'm going to anxiously sit here in the airport and hope the rain doesn't delay or cancel my flight. For more information on the race refer to www.irunfar.com and check back here soon for my perspective.


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8 comments:

  1. Happy Birthday, Dakota. It was great hanging out with you this weekend... even if I just missed you at Tartine. I hope you had an easy flight out... mine was canceled.

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  2. Great effort, Dakota. I know we will be hearing your name in the top of many runs to come!

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  3. Well look at it this way - it is definitely fair to say you hung with some of the best in the world. And you're barely 20. Patience grasshopper...to be at the top already is freaking awesome.

    Saw THIS RACE VIDEO - Nice!

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  4. Sorry for the double post, but just to be clear when I say patience, I meant with your feelings, not that I was passing judgement on going out fast in the race. Big props for that, you did great.

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  5. Terrific race Dakota, what a future you hold...just super impressed(!) Good to meet you briefly (after pacing Brett Rivers) as well, you're a sharp kid.

    All the best, see you out there.

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  6. Thanks a lot everyone. The people are what make this sport so special, and you're testimony to that. I hope to see all of you out there again soon.

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  7. Dakota - Congrats on a great run. To even be in the top 5 with that group of runners is awesome not to mention you beat a lot of really good runners.

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  8. Full write up posted now! Check the main page.

    Thanks for the support everyone.

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